The Apple Trade That Wins Both Ways

Here's a backdoor way for investors to profit whether Apple earnings disappoint or shoot the lights out.

When Rudyard Kipling wrote that triumph and disaster are imposters to be treated just the same, he was not referring to Apple earnings. Kipling was thinking about what it means to be a man, and Apple (ticker: AAPL) has enough problems right now ahead of its earnings report to test the mettle of any man.